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Monday Feb 01, 2010

Novelties of Java EE 6 is in the improved ease of development, remodeled web services, and platform simplicity with introduction of profiles. GlassFish V3 is the first fully compliant Java EE 6 Enterprise Server.

Evolution of Java Platform Enterprise Edition since the year 1998 resulted in a more robust, scalable, highly performing, and extensible platform. GlassFish V3 Enterprise Server is built on modular OSGi Standard, with its MicroKernel HK2 reducing the startup time while providing the flexibility to extend the services at Runtime. GlassFish is now also embeddable.

Friday Nov 21, 2008

Sun GlassFish V2 Enterprise Serveris the first fully compliant Java EE 5 Application Server which is Enterprise-Ready, Production-Quality, High Performer available as open source and free for customer deployment. Its Subscriptionoffers flexible and cost-efficient three software-support-levels to match customer needs, Standard, Premium, and Premium-Plus.

Sun Microsystems first announced the Project GlassFish in JavaOne 2005, as an initiative to open source its industry renowned commercial Application Server and the Java EE Reference Implementation. First release was in JavaOne 2006.

The key challenges among Enterprises or Next Generation web delivery companies is the growing user subscription base, requirement for scalability, high availability, a robust backbone, and most critically the cost-effectiveness. Deployment of GlassFish V2 with Sun SPARC Enterprise CoolThread Servers provides a robust infrastructure solution with advanced Application Server features and capabilities.

The presentation is a sincere effort to simplify the understanding of GlassFish V2 Clustering and Load Balancing concepts, architecture, implementation and deployment configurations. The technical content has been tested for accuracy and reliability on multiple platforms. The presentation provides both the perspectives, technical and business advantages in adopting GlassFish technology.

It has set a world record, at the SPECjAppServer2004, as the fastest open source application server on Sun Fire T2000, delivering 883.66 JOPS@Standard, which is faster than Websphere 6.1 by 30%, and WebLogic by 10%.